The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-03
General and miscellaneous.

On Sept. l g. two-cent-per -mile passenger
rate went into effect on several roads of New
Hampshire.
Articles of incorporation for a new road to be
known as the Cairo 81 Western were filed on
Thursday at Springfield, ILL., The road will run
from Cairo to Cape Girardeau.
w. Fl. Holcombe. who left the c.. B. & n road
on Sept to become general manager of the
Oregon Railway e. Navigation Company, is to
receive a salary of $l4. 600 year.
Sales of railroad stocks the New York
Stock Exchange during August were 4S7. 500
shares decrease of 399.944 Railroad bonds.
49, III $780, decrease, $751; l67, 069 from August of
last year
The inspection of grain during August, at Chi
cago, was zoos wheat. 9.402 cars corn 6, S51
oats. ia cars rye lao cars barey-a total
of 20. SOC cars. decrease of TO- 139 from rhe
same time last year but an increase of J, $50
cars over August 1885.
The Delaware Lackawana & Western road is
doing away with what are known as the hopper
coal cars and su bstituting eight wheel cars with
a carrying capacity of so 600 pounds. No more
of the former pattern of car will he built. and
as rapidly as the present ones become unsafe to
run they are consigned to the scrap heap.
General Passenger Agents Monett of the New
York Central, Farmer of the Erie. and Boyd of
the Pennsylvania all report travel over their re-
spective lines as unprecedented. Nightly their
through trains are SO heavy that they are run in
two or three sections, and to be sure of berth
in one of the sleeping coaches application must
be made three or four days ahead.
At the new steel rail mill in Scranton they are
turning out rails weighing sixty-four pounds TO
the yard, which are $50 feet long A rail of that
length in a railroad track will be watched with
interest, the greatest objection to long rails is
the trouble required to handle them. In this mill
several new features havebeen introdu ced which
considerably cut down the cost of manufacture
ing rails.
One calling at the general Offices Of the New
YORK, Lake Erie & Western road in New York
city is for moment under the impression that
he is in a Western railroad Office Westernized
is the present official board. S. NJ. FELTON,. first
vice president and general manager. formerly
Donaldson, third vice-presidant. who looks after
the finances of the company. is in a room near by.
For MANY years he was auditor of the Ohio d
Mississippi road. Directly across tie hall is
Leslie Farmer, an old indianapolis boy, who is
general passenger agent of the road. and near by
is Geo. Ii. Valiant general freight traffic man
ager, who for many years was with T. A Lewis,
late manager of The Erie fast freight lines.
On the trunk lines Hungarians and Italians
have largely taken the place Of Irishm men
ton men and the question has arisen
sense to get off the track when train comes
dashing along From the number which have
been killed of late, or manned for life, it woald
seem that there is room for discussing the mat
ter. That they quite ignorant is evident
from the fact that last week party of Hun
garians who were wheeling dirt plank across
from a gravel bank to fill on the other side of
the track left the plank on the track when
express train was coming up. The gineer
it and had nearly brought his train to a stand
still when it reached it. The CINE passed over
safely but the baggage car was thrown from the
track That serious accident was averted was
due to the watchfulness of the engineer.